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George Yoshida Interview Segment 29 (ddr-densho-1000-132-29)
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Helping to organize a dance band in camp, rehearsing evenings and weekends
George Yoshida Interview Segment 39 (ddr-densho-1000-132-39)
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Philosophy and experiences while teaching: "I think my special approach to educating these kids was a sense of humor"
George Yoshida Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-132-8)
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Meeting different ethnic groups: becoming "assimilated," absorbing the surrounding culture
George Yoshida Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-132-6)
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Bailey Gatzert Elementary School: becoming more "Americanized," learning to play the harmonica in music class
George Yoshida Interview Segment 30 (ddr-densho-1000-132-30)
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Enjoying playing in the Music Makers, Poston's dance band: "We played more for ourselves than for the entertainment of others"
George Yoshida Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-132-2)
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Memories of helping father with various jobs, disappointment at not getting paid
George Yoshida Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-132-11)
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Ethnic diversity in Los Angeles; making friends with Jewish classmates
George Yoshida Interview Segment 48 (ddr-densho-1000-132-48)
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Forming the J-Town Jazz Ensemble, mostly made up of Sansei musicians
George Yoshida Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-132-10)
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Father's decision to move family to Los Angeles, California because of unprofitable Seattle business
George Yoshida Interview Segment 43 (ddr-densho-1000-132-43)
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Taking a one-year sabbatical from teaching to live in Japan with family
George Yoshida Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-132-13)
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Life in high school: working part-time at a fruit and vegetable stand
George Yoshida Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-132-7)
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Attending Japanese language school: "It was something we hated, but it was ... expected of us"
George Yoshida Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-132-23)
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Arrival at Poston concentration camp: registering, filling own mattress with straw
George Yoshida Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-132-20)
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Feeling self-conscious after the bombing of Pearl Harbor; hearing racist propaganda, rumors
George Yoshida Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-132-15)
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Feeling a lack of academic motivation; not many professional role models within the Japanese American community
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